ESS.7.1.2 - Water Cycle

What is the process called when a liquid changes into a gas?

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Infiltration

Which term describes water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers?

• Runoff

• Groundwater

• Collection

• Transpiration

What is the process called when water vapor turns into liquid water?

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Weathering

• Collection

Which process involves water moving from the ground surface into the soil?

• Infiltration

• Runoff

• Transpiration

• Collection

What is the term for water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground?

• Collection

• Runoff

• Precipitation

• Weathering

Which process in the water cycle involves streams and rivers carrying water back to the oceans?

• Collection

• Transpiration

• Condensation

• Weathering

What is the process called when water falls to Earth as rain, snow, hail, sleet, or mist?

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Infiltration

• Transpiration

Which process describes the evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant?

• Condensation

• Transpiration

• Collection

• Weathering

What is the breaking down of rocks and other materials on the Earth's surface called?

• Weathering

• Infiltration

• Collection

• Precipitation

Which of the following best explains how infiltration and runoff are related in the water cycle?

• Both processes add water to the atmosphere.

• Infiltration increases when runoff decreases, as more water soaks into the ground.

• Runoff and infiltration always occur at the same time and rate.

• Runoff causes infiltration to stop completely.